THE FIG. 
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CLASS II. 
FRUIT, WHITE, GREEN, OR YELLOW. 
Angelique. Thomp. Lind. Duh. 
Ooncourelle Blanche. Melitte. 
This little fig is a very abundant bearer, and a pretty hardy 
sort. Fruit small, obovate. Skin pale greenish yellow, dotted 
with lighter coloured specks. Pulp white, but only tolerably 
sweet. It will usually bear two crops. 
Large White Genoa. Thomp. Lind. Fors. 
Fruit large, roundish-obovate. Skin thin, pale yellow. Pulp 
red, and well flavoured. 
Marseilles. Thomp. Lind. 
White Marseilles. Ford’s Seedling. 
White Naples. White Standard. 
Pocock. Figue Blanche. Dull. 
A very favourite sort for forcing and raising under glass, but 
which does not succeed so well as the Brown Turkey, and the 
Ischias, for open culture. Fruit small, roundish-obovate, 
slightly ribbed. Skin nearly white, with a little yellowish 
green remaining. Flesh white, rather dry, but sweet and rich. 
Nerii. Thomp. Lind. 
A fruit rather smaller and longer than the Marseilles, and 
which, from a mingling of slight acid, is one of the most exqui- 
site in its flavour. Fruit small, roundish-obovate. Skin pale 
greenish yellow. Pulp red. Flavour at once delicate and 
rich. This is a very favourite variety, according to Loudon, 
“ the richest fig known in Britain.” 
Pregussata. Thomp. 
A sort lately introduced from the Ionian Isles into England. 
It is tolerably hardy, quite productive, and succeeds admirably 
under glass. Fruit of medium size, roundish, a good deal flat- 
tened. Skin purplish brown in the shade, dark brown in the 
sun. Pulp deep red, with a luscious, high flavour. Seeds un- 
usually small. Ripens gradually, in succession. 
